scholarly journals The effects of the relationship between business strategies and information technology strategies: the telecommunication sector of Zimbabwe

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. 56-71
Author(s):  
Chivandi, A ◽  
◽  
Mutanga, K.P ◽  
Musungwini S
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Telecommunication Sector ◽  
Technology Strategies ◽  
The Relationship

Introduction to Strategic Alignment

2001 ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ratmond Papp
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Strategic Alignment ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Theoretical Construct ◽  
Single Industry ◽  
Alignment Model ◽  
Technology Strategies

The concept of strategic alignment is more than two decades old (McLean and Soden, 1977; IBM, 1981; Earl, 1983; Mills, 1986; Brancheau and Wetherbe, 1987; Parker and Benson, 1988; Henderson and Venkatraman, 1990; Dixon and John, 1991; Niederman, et. al., 1991; Watson and Brancheau, 1991; Liebs, 1992; Luftman, Lewis and Oldach, 1993; Goff, 1993), however it has never been more timely than in today’s fast-paced, dynamic business environment (Papp, 1998; Rogers, 1997). The original alignment model was a largely theoretical construct that studied only a single industry (Henderson & Venkatraman, 1990; Henderson & Thomas, 1992) but has since been adapted for use by virtually any industry looking to integrate their business strategies with their information technology strategies (Papp, 1995; Luftman, Papp, & Brier, 1995).

Business Strategies for Outsourcing Information Technology Work

2011 ◽  
pp. 483-488
Author(s):  
Subrata Chakrabarty
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Top Management ◽  
Interfirm Relationships ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Resources And Capabilities ◽  
The Relationship

Firms pursue various strategies to exploit resources and capabilities and gain a competitive advantage (Porter, 1996). Interfirm relationships are collaborative agreements between organizations (Chakrabarty, 2006a; Whetten, 1981), and firms need to be careful in adopting suitable strategies to deal with interfirm relationships (Chakrabarty, 2007b). Interfirm relationships represent a sort of trade-off that organizations must make, whereby, in order to gain resources of other organizations, an organization must relinquish some its independence because the relationship also brings certain obligations with it (Whetten, 1981). Top management strategists might find their commitments to other firms as a sort of liability, and therefore, a serious evaluation of whether the benefits from the interfirm relationship outweigh the inevitable costs is needed before entering into interfirm relationships (Whetten, 1981).

scholarly journals Antecedents Factors Affecting Alignment and Its Impact to Organizational Performance in Universities

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 30-36
Author(s):  
Juhana Salim ◽  
Esmadi Abu Abu Seman
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Organisational Performance ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
It Investments ◽  
It Alignment ◽  
Business It Alignment ◽  
The Relationship

Business and Information Technology (IT) alignment involves applying IT in an appropriate and timely way, in harmony with business strategies, goals and needs. Prior research argues that achieving alignment contributes immensely to ensuring that IT investments improve organisational performance. One important issue in business–IT alignment study is the absence of alignment. Findings indicate that there are many factors/variables that consistently enhance business-IT alignment. By identifying factors to achieve business-IT alignment, the problem on the absence of alignment could be addressed. Due to the complexity of business-IT alignment, there is possibility that successful alignment focuses on managing specific alignment dimension by investigating factors that encourage particular dimension. Past studies have shown the relationship between business-IT alignment and organizational performance. However, only few researchers tried to relate between the factors with organizational performance. Literature on alignment discovered that there seems to be confusion in clarifying the business-IT alignment concept. Based on this gap, this paper examines problem and issues on alignment, identify, analyze and discuss factors affecting alignment, then categorize the constructs identified into dimensions and propose a model for alignment in universities. The study contributes to the formation of a theoretical model influencing alignment dimension that has impact on organizational performance. The model is important to provide empirical evidence that confirms the importance of categorizing factors into dimensions in achieving business-IT alignment and their influence on universities’ performance.

scholarly journals The Application Of The Luftman Method Toward The Alignment Of Business Strategies And IT In Kelapa Dua Sub-district West Jakarta

SinkrOn ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Rani Irma Handayani ◽  
Frisma Handayanna ◽  
Fitri Ratna Sari
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Government Agency ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
It Management ◽  
The West ◽  
Operational Activities ◽  
Technology Strategies ◽  
Value Measurement ◽  
Level 2

The Kelapa Dua West Jakarta is a government agency that has to serve the community every day. In its operational activities, it requires Information Technology (IT) to complete daily operational tasks. Because of this, the west Jakarta sub-district of Kelapa Dua needs an appropriate IT management so that it can serve the community to the fullest. Good IT management is done by assessing the suitability between IT applications and organizational business processes. For this reason, the Luftman method is used to measure the alignment of Business and IT strategies by using six criteria namely Communications, Competency / Value Measurement, Governance, Partnership, Scope & Architecture, Skill. Overall, all the criteria and maturity of information technology strategies and business strategies in the kelurahan are still at level 2 or at the Commited level so that it can be said that there is no alignment between business strategies and IT strategies  

Business Strategies for Outsourcing Information Technology Work

2010 ◽  
pp. 1782-1789
Author(s):  
Subrata Chakrabarty
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Top Management ◽  
Interfirm Relationships ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Resources And Capabilities ◽  
The Relationship

Firms pursue various strategies to exploit resources and capabilities and gain a competitive advantage (Porter, 1996). Interfirm relationships are collaborative agreements between organizations (Chakrabarty, 2006a; Whetten, 1981), and firms need to be careful in adopting suitable strategies to deal with interfirm relationships (Chakrabarty, 2007b). Interfirm relationships represent a sort of trade-off that organizations must make, whereby, in order to gain resources of other organizations, an organization must relinquish some its independence because the relationship also brings certain obligations with it (Whetten, 1981). Top management strategists might find their commitments to other firms as a sort of liability, and therefore, a serious evaluation of whether the benefits from the interfirm relationship outweigh the inevitable costs is needed before entering into interfirm relationships (Whetten, 1981).

scholarly journals Increasing the Impacts of Information Technology Usage on Business Value

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 679-692
Author(s):  
Agus Prayitno
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Business Value ◽  
Technology Strategy ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Technology Usage ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Technology Strategies ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

The purpose of this study is to examine a conceptual model of the relationship between the use of information technology, information technology strategy, and information technology business value and to formulate strategic priorities to increase the business value of information technology. The data of this research were the perceptions of 126 executives of large manufacturing companies in Central Java about indicators of information technology use, information technology strategy, and information technology business value. The analysis used descriptive and explanatory methods with multiple linear regression to explain the causalrelationship of the variables of information technology usage, information technology strategy, and information technology business value. The results show that the use of information technology and information technology strategies has a positive effect on business value. Surprisingly, the information technology strategy was proved to be a moderating variable and was able to increase the effect of information technology usage on business value.

Risk Attitude and Corporate Investment under Output Market Uncertainty: Evidence from The Mekong River Delta, Vietnam

2016 ◽  
pp. 59-70
Author(s):  
Ninh Le Khuong ◽  
Nghiem Le Tan ◽  
Tho Huynh Huu
Keyword(s):  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Risk Attitude ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Risk Averse ◽  
Market Uncertainty ◽  
Firm Investment ◽  
Output Market ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This paper aims to detect the impact of firm managers’ risk attitude on the relationship between the degree of output market uncertainty and firm investment. The findings show that there is a negative relationship between these two aspects for risk-averse managers while there is a positive relationship for risk-loving ones, since they have different utility functions. Based on the findings, this paper proposes recommendations for firm managers to take into account when making investment decisions and long-term business strategies as well.

Microprocessor Architecture Era for Development Cloud Computing of Ministry of Electricity and Energy of Egypt

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 5199-5209
Author(s):  
Heba A. El-Khobby ◽  
Mostafa M. AbdElnaby ◽  
Abdel-Aziz Ibrahim Mahmoud HASSANIN ◽  
Abdallah D. Maziad
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Organization Structure ◽  
Fixed Time ◽  
Organization Structures ◽  
Competence Evaluation ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
Services Evaluation ◽  
The Relationship

A development and evaluation the Cloud Computing (ClComp) of Ministry of Electricity and Energy of Egypt (MEEE) is presented in this paper. In order to be able to judge whether the ClComp of MEEE is competence, there is a need to develop criteria which performance can judged. Competency based standards and the ability to perform the activities within an occupation to the standard expected in the organization structure are presented. The key objective of Cloud Computing is to integrate Authorized Groups (AuthGs) development with the needs of the organization structures of MEEE. The ClComp of MEEE was developed jointly between the telecommunication information technology and ClComp services. Evaluation enables participant to distinguish between AuthGs centered view and a customer centered view of cloud computing of MEEE is competence evaluation. Recognize the main types of evaluation, explain the purpose of evaluation compare the approaches to cloud computing evaluation and review the relationship between the process and policy of evaluation are investigated. Microprocessor architecture presented an optimistic view of multicore scalability to develop the ClComp. Moreover this paper investigates the theoretical analysis of multiprocessor developing and scalability. The analysis was based on the laws of Amdahl's, Gustafson's, Hill's and Marty for fixed-workload condition. Moreover, challenged the difficulties to develop better cloud computing is taken into account. Also, multicore analysis of ClComp scalability, performance and power under fixed-time and memory-bound conditions are studied. These results complement existing studies and demonstrate that ClComp architectures are capable of extensive scalability and developing.

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